Siege of Anapa (1791)

Storming of Anapa
	Part of the Russo-Turkish War (1787–1792),; the Caucasian War,; and the Sheikh Mansur Movement
	; Gate of the Anapa fortress
Date	June 22 (O.S.) / July 3 (N.S.), 1791
Location	Anapa fortress, Circassia
Result	Russian victory
Belligerents
Russia	Ottoman Empire; Circassia
Commanders and leaders
Ivan Gudovich; Ivan Zagryazhsky; Sergey Bulgakov; Anton Schitz; Ivan Depreradovich	Mansur Ushurma (POW); Mustafa-Paşa (POW)
Strength
18,000 to approx. 23,910; • 12,000 excluding tactical and operational reserves and wagon fort (all of the above were engaged);	23,000 to 33,000; 1st claim:; • 15,000-strong Ottoman garrison (Anapa); • 8,000-strong Circassian relief; 2nd claim:; • 10,000 Turks and 15,000 Tatars, Nogais, South Kubanians, and other tribesmen in the garrison; • 8,000-strong South Kubanian relief;
Casualties and losses
2,995 (killed, wounded) to 4,000 privates and 93 officers	8,000 killed and wounded; 6,412 prisoners of war (excluding 7,588 women), drowned, or dead; 95 cannons

The siege of Anapa or the storming of Anapa (Russian: Штурм Анапы; Adyghe: Быгъуркъал Къэуцухьэ; Turkish: Anapa Kuşatması) was an encounter that took place on July 3, 1791, when the Russian Empire successfully attacked the Turkish-regulated Anapa fort in Circassia as part of the Russo-Turkish War and the Russo-Circassian War.